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💙 Time to Talk 💙 Talking about mental health isn’t easy but a conversation has the power to save lives. There should always be time to talk. Did you know 1 in 6 people in the UK report experiencing anxiety or depression each week. Here are some tips to consider when starting a conversation: 🔷 Ask open questions and really listen to the response 🔷 Have patience, it may take time and several conversations 🔷 Don’t try to fix or diagnose The more conversations we have around mental health the better. Support myself and the OneSource team as we do the Miles for Smiles challenge in February. Each of us will run, walk or cycle 30 miles in order to raise money for Mind. Our Go fund me page is linked below 💙 #timetotalk #milesforsmiles #conversations #mentalhealthawareness

Let’s Run the World Together! Got 2 minutes to sign up and make some money for charity? For the last 7 years, ZwickRoell employees, customers and their families have come together by running, walking, or hiking—ultimately accumulating kilometers/miles—to raise money for charitable organizations that hit close to home. We refer to it as ZwickRoell Runs the World! If you want to join us in meeting our collective 200,000 km goal, please click here to sign up: https://hubs.ly/Q01_dPt90 If you’re involved with an organization that you would like to nominate to receive a portion of the €100,000 raised if, or better when, we meet our goal, we would love for you to join us. Simply start walking, hiking, or running at your leisure, and log the miles in our app. There is no better feeling than handing over that check to organizations working hard to improve the lives of others, regardless of where in the world and what the purpose may be. #zwickroell #CSR #testing #running #hiking #walking

Thanking donors and sponsors of your fundraiser is critical to building lasting relationships. Hail Hail Auctions can help you and your organization develop a sponsorship package for your event ensuring the majority of your overhead is covered! In past events, we've assisted in raising nearly $20,000 BEFORE AN EVENT through sponsors and donors. This money also helped pay for amazing speakers like Chris Chelios who you see here! Giving your sponsors special access to celebrities or limited edition items will ensure they come back each year helping your event grow! Have a fundraiser coming up? Take a second reach out and let's see how Hail Hail Auctions can help you! #fundraiser #auctioneer #charity #money #emcee #gala #auction #banquet

Building great working relationships does not always have to be done the conventional way.

On International Day of Charity we thought we'd share ways in which you can support us indirectly! We work with both Easyfundraising and Soccerpots to raise money for our charity 😃 With Easyfundraising you can support us by shopping with some of the biggest businesses around - with retailers donating a % of what you spend with them to us! Furthermore you can support us through the Soccerpots app and enter to win money at the same time 😲 We have a league on the app that you can join and pay £3 each week to enter - and if you predict all 6 results correctly you split the jackpot with the charity! 😁 If you'd like to join in and support us through easyfundraising follow the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/e2ndT_uR And if you'd like to join us on soccerpots, follow these instructions: If you'd like to enter, please download the Soccerpots app, set up your account and enter the code: BEPQDD In the 'join league' section #charity #internationalcharityday #dayofcharity #internationaldayofcharity #donations #support #fundraising #fundraiser

The absolute worst part of my job👇 Mediating clashes between charities. We have a policy regarding all campaigns that want to book with us. We inform them about the other campaigns running that week, and if any of them clash, they need to notify the other charity. It’s for the precise reason that I shouldn’t get stuck in the middle of a dispute. But what happens when a steady client, whom I have an excellent relationship with, hears there’s a charity planning at the same time that they consider a clash?! The second charity doesn’t think they clash, and so Charity A feels like I have to go up to bat for them and speak with Charity B. But that is against our policy and not something I want to do. I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. What would you choose, company policy or client relationship? #charity #crowdfunding #clientrelationships #charityextra

Since joining Prosperity 24/7, I've come to realise that there's not much that brings us together like a good Love to Ride challenge. We managed to top our respective leaderboards in the recent May challenge, although Greener Kirkcaldy gave us an excellent run for our money. We got new people involved in the challenge, we saved an estimated 546lb CO2 through cycling instead of driving and as well as cheering on our usual stalwarts, I also discovered which colleagues will come through last thing on a Friday and undertake a round-the-island-cycle for the extra miles... Sure, winning is fun but what's really nice is to see the behaviour changes starting to take root in the segment of our company that aren't die-hard cyclists (and I include myself in that). Last September I noted that I'm a reluctant cyclist but I'm becoming less reluctant and more willing to do that commute by bicycle. I've also noticed our bike store becoming busier and less frequent cyclists populating the Love to Ride feed more often. That's no mean feat. As someone who deals with change while delivering projects, change isn't always easy to embed but I've always been a fan of gamification as motivation in the right settings. And one of those right settings will be Prosperity Day in September, when our colleagues and clients will compete for bragging rights but also for the much better reason of raising money for charity - this year, we're supporting Healing Waves UK and Jersey Hospice Care - two very deserving charities. So, if you want to do your part, why not sign up for or donate to the tenth Prosperity Day? https://lnkd.in/eFAaUGGf #Lovetoride #change #prosperityday #healingwaves #hospice #charity #cycling

Opening another bike charity advent calendar window. This time, 4th December, it's a Czech charity organization called Kola pro Afriku aka Czech Bikes for Gambian Schools. They bring donated bicycles from the Czech Republic to Gambian partner schools. Consider this a Christmas gift idea for you or your loved ones. Donate and make someone happier 💌.     🔗 Link in the comments.    Feel free to share your favorite bike-related charities for inspiration in the comments section. 👇 #cyclingtranslator #cyclinguist #donatingtranslator #donate #christmas #adventcalendar #bikeadventcalendar

As the year winds down, many of our clients look toward clothing and household item donations as a means to give back and optimize tax deductions. Donating your used clothing and household items to a worthy charity does 3 great things: - Gives you a tax deduction so you potentially pay less in taxes - Helps a worthy charity - Cleans out the extra items from your house How can you make this deduction easy? Check out the online resources listed in this article for identifying the fair market value of the items you are contributing. Make sure you get a receipt from the charity. Don’t drop your items at the unattended drop box and walk away without a signed receipt. The signed receipt with a description of the items donated gives you great proof. #ASEGroup #taxdeductiontip #donations

Charity is always something I feel so passionate about, it is moments of charity from kind people towards me in the past, that have allowed me to realise there was hope in the world even in some of the darkest days. 💖 Even before this I always felt an innate desire to fundraise having fundraised from a young age (as young as junior school) for different charities. When I was about 9 I led a project in Junior School to fundraise for RSPCA When I was about 13 I petitioned for a non-school uniform day in aid of Teenage Cancer trust When I was 15 I project managed a fun-day event in my enterprise group to raise over £1000 profit for Comic Relief I have just kept finding moments to help others since then. But what truly showed me that there were so many people who felt the same innate desire to help others is when some lovely people who were complete strangers to me turned up at my door the year I fled a violent relationship with a baby and toddler, with a whole grocery shop and some gifts to help make Christmas a bit easier for me. I was kind of in shock that people were being so nice to me, but also just so full of gratitude and hope for the world. I now know that as long as the opportunity is presented to children and adults alike, we all have an innate desire to help others, and I want to ensure my business is an environment that fosters that desire. #charity #business #womeninbusiness #education #childcare #childhood #teachers #enterpreneurs #fundraising